RE: VPATH

[MD.Mahbubur Rahman]

Got the point. Now I understand clearly. Thanks a lot.



Paul Smith-20 wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 01:53 -0700, MD.Mahbubur Rahman wrote:
>> So for these two lines:
>> files_hpp = $(wildcard *.h) 
>> files_cpp = $(wildcard *.cpp)
>> 
>> How I can make VPATH work for?
> 
> I'll answer this:
> 
>         files_hpp = $(foreach DIR,$(subst :, ,$(VPATH)),$(wildcard
> $(DIR)/*.h)
>         files_cpp = $(foreach DIR,$(subst :, ,$(VPATH)),$(wildcard
> $(DIR)/*.cpp)
> 
> but I'll say that IMO this is a bad idea.  I personally always recommend
> that makefiles list the files they want to compile explicitly, and not
> try to get them via wildcard.  The latter is very error-prone: extra
> files might exist and be accidentally compiled; files may be missing and
> not be compiled, etc.
> 
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